Professor Chris Rizos, head of the University of New South Wales UNSW School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems, claimed that numbers of qualified professionals and specialists in the areas of GPS, satellites, 3D imaging, and airborne and terrestrial laser scanning were "dangerously low" in a speech to the world congress of the International Federation of Surveyors held in Sydney last week.

Rizos explained that companies such as Google and Microsoft, or industries interested in environmental monitoring, climate change, security and disaster response were driving demand for professionals that was unable to be met with current volumes of graduates.

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